Emergency workers prepare to help victims of a coal mine blast on Saturday in southwest China's Sichuan Province.<br/> <br />Twenty-seven workers died at the site and one other worker died in hospital.<br/> <br />Over 100 miners were working underground when the blast went off.<br/> <br />An investigation into the accident is underway.<br/> <br />It is the second coal mine accident in 24 hours in the country.<br/> <br />Twelve miners were killed and two others badly burned in a coal mine gas explosion in southwest Guizhou Province.<br/> <br />Ten were found dead at the site and two others died in hospital.<br/> <br />One survivor said he was trapped in the pit when the blast occurred.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) SURVIVOR MINER MA DAYUN SAYING:<br/> <br />"I could not see or hear anybody. I kept a cool head, and when I heard the sound of an air extractor coming from above, I climbed to that air outlet."<br/> <br />China's massive coal mining industry is the deadliest in the world, due to lax safety standards and a rush to feed de
